Does this ring a bell to you? It does to me. As a little child growing up in Israel under Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan, all I heard was that the Arabs are monsters who want to throw us into the sea, they understand only force, and since our wonderful IDF has won the Six Day War, they know not to mess with us any more—or else. And, of course, we must keep the "liberated" Territories to ourselves, because there's no one to talk with. Then came the 1973 war, and for a child of 7 it was the perfect proof that indeed the Arabs want to throw us into the sea, and what a great opportunity it was for our glorious IDF to teach them a good lesson.
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